Hearings in Umerov’s case started in Crimea

Today, the so-called Supreme Court of the Crimea will consider three appeals by the Mejlis Deputy Chairman Ilmi Umerov. The first session is to start at 9.20 a.m.

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10:05 - Next hearing on Ilmi Umerov’s complaint is to be held at 10.20 a.m.

9:57 - The judge Olga Plastinina dismissed the first complaint by Umerov's defense.

9:53 – Hearing in the first case against Ilmi Umerov is being considered. The court refused to call the investigator and examine the evidence in the case, the lawyer Nikolai Polozov reported on Twitter.

Today, the so-called Supreme Court of the Crimea will consider three appeals by the Mejlis Deputy Chairman Ilmi Umerov seeking to stop criminal proceedings against him, rule the forced placement in a psychiatric hospital illegal, as well as to recognize illegality of the FSB actions who confiscated the Umerov’s pledge of secrecy, lawyer Emil Kurbedinov reported on Facebook.

For three weeks Ilmi Umerov has been illegally held in a psychiatric hospital in the city of Simferopol for compulsory examination. He was released on Wednesday, September, 7. Umerov claimed he would continue protecting his rights.